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Lunch Lesson Kitchen Sessions
Western Culinary InstituteOregon Department of Agriculture
March 11th and 12th, 2009 Portland, Oregon
What to consider when sponsoring a lunch lesson kitchen session
Contact a culinary program in your area. Community College, City College, Pro-Start High School Program or a Cordon Bleu Program.
Explore mutual benefits and how farm to school, processed products and scratch cooking can be used in school cafeterias.
Is there a culinary instructor that wants to develop curriculum that would include school lunch programs?
Does the culinary school want the student body to considersupporting school lunch programs as a working
option post graduation?
Find sponsors such as local processors, mills, produce companies
and broad line distributors that will benefit from exploring options for local foods and scratch cooking programs in
schools.
Partner with Broad-line Distribution Companies
Produce specialist Randy Gehrig and Chef Mark Bernetich from Sysco Food Services discuss local product, seasonal availability, how it can be ordered and cooked
Broad-line Distribution Assisting with Tracking Oregon Products
These workshops included discussions with Sysco Food Services about tracking Oregon products sold into schools to assist with framing the economic development aspect of farm to school programs in Oregon
Partnerships with LocalFood Companies
Bob’s Red Mill Food Services of America Truitt Brothers Organically Grown Coop Oregon State University
Food Innovation Center
Which Recipes?
Use tested recipes from school kitchens
Ann Cooper shared recipes from the Berkeley school lunch program
Bobbi Phillips from Springfield, Oregon offered tested recipes from her cafeteria
Price Point Equation
The workshops included food cost analysis. Local product can be more expensive and scratch cooking takes more time.This could translate to higher labor cost or re-thinking production methods. The actual hard cost of running the sessions not including industry in-kind hours or filming was under $1000.00
Cooking Skills are not the Primary Barrier
This group of 26 women and 2 men had excellent skills and went right to work.
Some produced recipes beyond the written curriculum.
Baked Polenta Sticks
Mariana Sauce with Zucchini and Minestrone Soup
Calzone with Marinara Sauce and Zucchini
Bobs Red Mill Gluten-Free Bread SticksTruitt Brothers Vegetarian Chili with Commodity Ground TurkeyTurkey Meatballs with Roasted Leeks and Quinoa
Finished Product for 8th Grade Student Feedback
Student Feedback
This portion of the training was added for feedback and press value. The 8th grade students from Laurelhurst School in Portland enjoyed the tour and the food, and they seemed most excited about turkey meatballs with leeks and quinoa prepared by Jim Rowan.
Cooking from Scratch
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Spread The Word
DVD’s of the sessions will be distributed to farm to school groups, Cordon Bleu certified culinary schools, state agricultural agencies and departments of education as an example of potential training programs to consider. Available May 2009
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